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PAN proposal approved in Parliament, and Carregal do Sal mayor expresses satisfaction. Museum inaugurated in July this year after an investment of €3.5 million.

The ceremony in which the president of the republic receives the credentials of new ambassadors is a formal event that marks the beginning of the ambassadors' diplomatic mission in a country.

The researcher was recognized for her work detailing how, in the aftermath of World War II, Portugal welcomed hundreds of refugees.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was the only politician, among a dozen others consulted, who said he was aware of the Jewish reality in Portugal. 

On November 24th, a tribute ceremony was held at the Shaaré Tikva synagogue for José Oulman Carp (Z.L), former president of the Jewish  Community of Lisbon.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his wife, Chaya Mushka, disembarked from the ship in Staten Island, New York, with hundreds of other refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.